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No. 861,360. PATENTBD'JULYo, 1907.

G.L.BATON.

INSOLE.

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CLARENCE L. EATON, OF ROCHESTER, NEW YORK. u

INSOLE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 30, 1907.

Application filed April 14,1904. Serial No. 203,064.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CLARENCE L. EATON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Rochester, in the county of Monroe and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Insoles; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, -such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

n The present invention relates to insoles for boots and shoes and more particularly to what are now gen.

l,erall'y known in the art as reinforced insoles largely used by manufacturers in the production of a bettergrade of welted shoes.

Such insoles comprise a body part generally made of thin cheap leather, paper board, cork and such likeA 'i linto close juxtaposition to each other, and are'preferably` united together along the base of the lip. As

materials around and about which is secured a strong canvas covering and in some cases the body portion is slit along its edge, one portion formedby so splitting being turned up to form thelip and the reinforcing covering being laid against or'folde'd over the turned up lip and secured to the feather.'

The object of the present invention is to produce-an .insole of the type mentioned which, while possessing I l-. the advantages ofsuch insole, can .be produced niuch more cheaply and quickly thanthe inslefre- `f'erred to and which shall possess great strength in the To the above ends the present invention consists of the improved insole which will be hereinafter de- .scribed and claimed. i

The present invention is shown in the accompanyf ing sheets of drawings in which2- Figure 1 represents the improved insole in plan l View looking at the treadA surface thereof, or thatisurface from which the lip projects. Fig. 2 shows a loni gitudinal sectional view of the insole shown in Fig. 1. Figs. 3 to 10, inclusive, illustrate in transverse section and perspective, modified forms of the invention i which will be hereinafter described.

` Similar reference characters will be employed throughout the specification and drawings to designate corresponding parts. Y

The insole comprises a body portion a which is formed of the desired shape and from any suitable material, such as leather, leather board, paper board, cork, or such like materials and it may be formed with an integral heel piece or as shown in Figs. 1 and 2 the heel piece b may be formed separately and of a good quality sole leather, and secured to the. fore part of the insole as by attaching it by tacks c to a shank stiffener d, the forward part of said stiffener extending along the shank portion as shown in dotted lines,Fig.

1, beneath the body portion a andl between the 1nforcing covering of the tread surface as shown in cross section Fig: 2.

The insole is provided upon its tread surface with a lip e to which the upper and welt are adapted to be secured in a manner well known to those skilled in the manufacture of welted boots and shoes, and outside of the lip e with a feather f. It is desirable that the lip c be dof great strength so as to withstand the strain put thereon by the upper and welt of the shoe when made and further so that it may stand up properly and forni a vfirm guide for the channel guide of the sewing machine during the operation of sewing the upper and welt thereto. To this end the lip of my improved insole, while it embodies no part of the body portion a, is composed of a plurality of folds or layers i and lc, which as"clearly shown in the drawings are brought shown in Figs. 1 and2 of the drawing, the body portion "a has its upper surface from the heel piece b forward to theextreme end of the toe covered with a reinforcing covering g of cotton, duck or other suitable strong tex. tile materiah'iland the tread surface of the body portion a is likewiselcovered with a similar covering h.

The-,reinforcing covering h is turned down at right anglestov the tread face of the insole, forming a flange 'i i which follows the contour of the outer edge of the sole but within vthe margin thereof. The reinforcing covering'g is turned about the edge of the body portion a and is folded as at Ic, and thence extended beneath the reinforcing covering h, as shown at m.

' The coverings g and h are cemented to the body portion a and the fold lc and flange 'i forming the lip e are united together either by cementing them together or as shown in the drawing, which shows the preferred construction of my invention, by the line of stitches n passing through the layers or folds along the base of the lip.

In Fig. 3 of the drawing the lip 1 is shown as being fornied of the adjacent folds 2 and 3 formed in the coverings g and h respectively, the free edges 4 and 5 of the folds being turned beneath the coverings g and h and cemented to the tread surface of the body portion g. In this form the two folds 2 and 3 are secured together by a line of stitching n. In Fig. 4, the lip 6 is formed of the .folds 7 and 8 with the free edge 9 of one of the folds'turned beneath the cover h and the free edge 10 of another `of the folds turned downwardly and interposed betweenjthe folds 6 and 8, forming a reinforcing welt, the whole being secured together to form the lip by the line of stitches n.

' In Fig. 6, the lip 11 consists of a fold 12 in the covering hand the flange edge 13 of the covering g, the whole being secured by a line of stitches n.

Tanne In Fig. 7, the covering g and the covering h are each provided with the flanges 17and 18 between which is interposed a folded strip or welt 19, the edges of which are turned downwardly beneath the coverings g and h and cemented to the insole, and the flanges 17 and 18 and folded welt '19 are secured together by the line of stitches n.

Figs. 8, 9, and 10 show insoles substantially like the one shown in Fig. 8, with the exception that the interposed welt between the flanges 17 and 18 is not folded but consists of a strip 20 which in Fig. 9 is turned downwardly beneath the covering g, in Fig. 10 is turned inward beneath the covering h and in Fig. 11 rests by its lower edge upon the surface of the body portion a. In each form the various layers or folds aresecured together by the line of stitches n.

It will be noted that in all the forms of my insole the lip portion is formed by a plurality of folds or layers of material arranged'in close juxtaposition to each other, and firmly secured together along the base of the lip, and this I regard as being an important feature of my invention.

Having clearly described my invention, I claim as -2 861,360 M 'fr' new and desire tolprotect lby Letters Patent of the United States 1. An insole for boots orv shoes, comprising a body portion, a reinforcing covering for the tread-surface, a reinforcing covering for the upper surface, the edge of one of said coverings being folded or doubled upon itself and united by a line of stitching to the edge of the other of said coverings upon the tread surface and within the margin of the body portion, the edges of both coverings pro jected from the body portion an equal distance to form a lip, substantially as described.

2. An insole for boots and shoes, comprising a body portion, a reinforcing covering for the tread surface, a reinforcing covering for the upper surface, said coverings having their edges brought together upon the tread surface within the margin of the body portion, a reinforcing welt interposed between the edges of the coverings, and a line of stitchesA uniting said edges and said welt thus formng a projecting lip each portion of which is of the sume height, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I aix my signature, in presence of two witnesses. v

CLARENCE L. EATON.

Witnesses:

T. HART ANDERSON, WM. F. FREUDENREICH. 

